DOJ Watch: July 9, 2026 — Alibaba’s $600M Pharma Deal Leads Enforcement Sweep
The DOJ closed the first week of July with a $600M Alibaba settlement, a $90M Adderall telehealth sentence, a RealPage pricing deal, and cartel charges.
Federal Register Watch: July 8, 2026 — PHMSA Moves to Modernize Pipeline Repair Rules
A daily digest of the July 8, 2026 Federal Register: PHMSA's pipeline repair overhaul, the DEA's proposed tianeptine ban, a Gulf of America lease sale, submarine-cable security rules, and more.
SEC Watch: July 9, 2026 — New Retail Fraud Unit Debuts as Consumer Giants Post Earnings
The SEC's Division of Enforcement launches a Retail Fraud Working Group as July 8 EDGAR filings deliver earnings from Levi Strauss and Helen of Troy, an €850M Jefferies note sale,…
Corporate Disclosure Watch: Week of July 6, 2026 — Investors Reject Executive Pay at Skyworks and Arrowhead
Skyworks and Arrowhead investors rejected CEO pay; Goldman OK'd a 47-million-dollar package; CoreWeave insiders sold tens of millions in this week's SEC filings.
Global Corruption Watch: Week of July 8, 2026 — Russia’s Shadow-Payment Networks Come Into Focus
This week: a Russian shadow-payment industry that advertises sanctions evasion, a Gabonese first family's Dubai property empire, U.S. Treasury actions on Sudan and Congo, FATF grey-list changes, and a shifting…
DOJ Watch: July 8, 2026 — Alibaba, Alipay US Pay $600M in Record Settlement
A daily digest of Justice Department enforcement: Alibaba's record $600M settlement, a Scattered Spider extradition, Tren de Aragua and cartel indictments, algorithmic rent-pricing claims, and benefit-fraud pleas.
Federal Register Watch: July 8, 2026 — Interior Sets 80-Million-Acre Gulf Oil-and-Gas Sale in Motion
The July 8 Federal Register: an 80-million-acre Gulf oil-and-gas sale, new FCC submarine-cable security rules, a DEA move on “gas station heroin,” and open comment periods across environmental, financial, and…
SEC Watch: July 8, 2026 — SEC Launches Retail Fraud Working Group as Filings Bring CEO Exits and a $400M Coty–Gucci Split
The SEC launched a Retail Fraud Working Group on July 7 as first-of-month 8-K filings brought CEO exits at Genworth, ARS Pharmaceuticals and Scotts Miracle-Gro, and Coty disclosed a ~$400M…
Sanctions Watch: Week of July 7, 2026 — Treasury Targets Brazil’s PCC Laundering Network
OFAC blacklisted a Brazilian PCC money-laundering ring and widened its Prince Group scam crackdown, while sanctioning networks tied to Sudan, Cuba and DRC conflict gold — even as a modernization…
Spending Watch: Week of July 7, 2026 — Missile-Defense and Counter-Drone Awards Lead a Billion-Dollar Contract Week
Department of War listings disclosed more than $1.7 billion in new awards in two days, led by a $500 million counter-drone contract and a near-$1 billion RAND research vehicle —…